Waheguru
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Waheguru (Template:Lang-pa, Template:IAST or Template:Lang, Template:IAST) means "The Wonderful Lord" in the Punjabi language. God has many names in Sikhism and Waheguru is the most important. Others words used by Sikhs for God are: Ek Onkar, Onkar, Satguru, Satnaam (true name), Akal-Purkh, Rabh, Hari, Raam, Pritam and numerous more.
Waheguru (and its variant, Wahguru) is used only 16 times in the Guru Granth Sahib. Of these, Waheguru occurs 9 times on page 1402 and 4 times on page 1403. Wahguru occurs 2 times on page 1403 and 1 time on page 1404.
Bhai Gurdas, the first writer of Sikh Guru Granth Sahib, explains in his writings the definition of the word. The V stands for Vishnu, H stands for Hari, R stands for Ram and G stands for Govind. The use of the name of a Hindu avatar does not refer to the avatar itself, but instead is a reference to God.
Bhai Gurdas' Vaar 1:
In Satyug, Visnu in the form of Vasudev is said to have incarnated and ‘V’ Of Vahiguru reminds of Visnu.
The true Guru of dvapar is said to be Harikrisna and ‘H’ of Vahiguru reminds of Hari.
In the treta was Ram and ‘R’ of Vahiguru tells that rembering Ram will produce joy and happiness.
In kalijug, Gobind is in the form of Nanak and ‘G’ of Vahiguru gets Govind recited.
The recitations of all the four ages subsume in Panchayan i.e. in the soul of the common man.
When joining four letters Vahiguru is remembered,
The jiv merges again in its origin.